74 THE HUNT BEGINS

Bai Jie moved his spirit energy while holding the pill in his hand. The rune started shining, absorbing the spirit energy. He had read in the book how to use it. And what seemed like a pentagram pattern could be seen faintly shining on it.

" here " Bai Jie gave the pill to Wu Ji. Bai Jie realized he could still feel his spirit energy inside the pill. The pill itself didn't surprise him as much as that rune mark. Generally, spirit energy can't exist outside the body it dissipates in the environment.

The rune not only entraps the essence of the pill but also his spirit energy. The rune can have a prearranged activation the rune would store information and it activates when certain memories are triggered.

but it also can be activated manually by probing through the spirit sense. Bai Jie didn't know how to make it work like it did on that man he interrogated which was prearranged activation. But manual activation he understood it had a limit of the range of spirit sense of a cultivator and Bai Jie's current limit was 40 meters that of an ordinary 4th stage cultivator which he can push up to 50 meters by increasing the spirit energy cycling speed.

" Eat it," said Bai Jie in a forceful tone. He saw Wu Ji hesitating. No one wanted to be a slave to someone Bai Jie understood this very well.

Wu Ji gritted his teeth and swallowed the pill. A pentagram mark appeared on his tongue.

Bai Jie nodded. He could feel the spiritual energy with just a resonance from his spirit since he could unleash the poison in Wu Ji's body anytime.

" I have done what you have asked, please help me. I am losing my cultivation. " Wu Ji spoke in a helpless tone. It took a lot of effort to become a cultivator but he was losing his cultivation slowly and it was more painful when it happens slowly.

" Fine stand up straight and don't move," said Bai Jie while clenching his fist. He activated his parasite vision.

He saw the spirit energy was going irregular; he had to recalibrate the momentum of it in Wu Ji's body.

" What the hell are you doing I am already " Wu Ji wanted to speak more but he was punched right in the stomach. Bai Jie directly aimed at the dantian which was already collapsed.

" cough. " Wu Ji coughed like dark red blood. He felt a sudden pain in his stomach area but He felt his spirit energy stabilize.

" How did you do it?'' Wu Ji asked in an astonished voice. Even though he was feeling a pain in his stomach but he felt the spirit energy was more easily controllable now. He was feeling shocked.

' Is getting punched is good for the body. ' thought Wu Ji but he hurriedly shook his head.

" Do you know the term dantian?" Bai Jie asked. While he was looking towards Wu Ji. He also felt intrigued by his collapsed Dantian. he saw the energy pattern was much more stable and his spirit energy wasn't leaking from his meridians anymore.

" No " Wu Ji rejected. He never heard of this term. He felt the young man was too mysterious.

" Well in easier words I just sent a ripple throughout your meridians through the dantian to stabilize it," replied Bai Jie with a frown. But he looked closely towards the stomach. But what he did was far more complex; he had timed his punch with the undulating waves of the spirit energy.

" " Wu Ji was even more confused. He never heard anything like this.

Bai Jie shook his head. He understood it was telling a toddler about how to write so didn't waste any more time.

" Tell me about how many cultivators are in the gambling hall. " Bai Jie asked the matter he was concerned about. Now he had support from a 4th stage he felt safer.

Bai Jie had the inkling that the gambling house isn't as simple as it seems.

" four 4th mortal stages including me while 13 more cultivators and Young master Du is 5th stage at least," replied Wu Ji with a pondering expression.

" What do you mean at least the 5th stage? " Bai Jie asked while frowning. It had many implications for it.

" Well, I never saw him attacking anyone, he would just look at someone and he dies. " Wu Ji replied in a scared tone. He remembered the scene today where the guard's head just sliced off without even him knowing. Everyone in the Gambling hall was fearful of him.

" This. " Bai Jie didn't reply, he went into his deep thinking. Many speculations ran through his mind in seconds.

" Then how does the contract get accepted? " Bai Jie asked with a serious tone. While no one knew what he was thinking.

" Most of the time it's done after the meeting but some special people have access to the Young master Du's transmission stone directly as yours did," replied Wu Ji. While he was thinking about why Bai Jie was asking about Gambling Hall.

' Don't tell me, he wants to kill everyone there. ' thought Wu Ji this thought had scared him again.

" Do you want to kill Young Master Du. " Wu Ji asked with an aghast voice. Even though this young was strong but fighting against more than 20 cultivators was like a suicide.

" Of course not, do you think I am an idiot. " Bai Jie replied nonchalantly.

Wu Ji sighed in relief as he was thinking that he wanted to attack the gambling Hall.

'It's better to leave this village forever. ' thought Wu Ji he wanted to suggest Bai Jie leave this place. But he suddenly heard something that scared him again.

" I want to exterminate them and make them disappear. " Bai Jie replied in a nonchalant tone.

This almost sends Wu Ji into an epileptic shock.

" Master You " Wu Ji shouted. But he wanted to speak more but he felt a stinging pain on his left cheek.

SLAP…..

" Its Boss not Master," spoke Bai Jie in a fierce tone. Even though Wu Ji was acting submissive Bai Jie didn't let it fool himself. There was one truth in his mind: this guy had tried to kill him.

" Yes, Boss. " Wu Ji replied while kneeling while his head lowered a flame of anger was burning in his eyes.

" That's your place, Does Du Bigwen ever leave the gambling house," asked Bai Jie. While he contemplating his next actions.

" No, why would he leave when he has so many subordinates with him to run and do chores" Wu Ji again felt a stinging pain on his right cheek while he felt his head spinning.

SLAP...

The voice resounded harsher this time.

" YOU!!!!!! '' Wu Ji felt rage rise up inside and his face turned red. He looked towards the young man with eyes filled with hatred. He wanted to punch this kid in front of him. But he suppressed his anger by bitting on his own tongue while a small stream of blood escaped from his lips.

" Speak only what I ask of you " spoke Bai Jie in a domineering tone. He wanted to show him who the boss was which almost pushed Wu Ji to his limits.

He saw Wu Ji's veins pulsing hard.

Bai Jie saw Wu Ji's anger was genuine. He wanted to anger Wu Ji to his limits. Even Bai Jie didn't trust the pill that much because it was generally made for mortals while cultivators could resist the effect by wrapping the essence of the pill in their own spirit energy. Which makes this pill a liability

But he realized that Wu Ji might don't know about it because he had found out about it from the book.

Bai Jie felt more secure watching Wu Ji shivering in rage. It was more convincing to him this way that Wu Ji is under the effect of the pill and would not retaliate against him under a critical moment.

" No, I never saw him leaving the building. " Wu Ji spoke with gritted teeth, his whole body was shivering but he knew he couldn't retaliate. He knew the effects of the pill well and he had seen it with his own eyes.

The poison is very strong even for a cultivator. Especially with such pure spirit energy, the effects are even stronger. Wu Ji himself could feel the density of spirit energy in the pill which was injected by the young man in front of him. it was at least the same as that of a 6th stage mortal or even higher.

" I see, where is the guy named Head Hunter, is he in the Gambling house, " Bai Jie asked. He knew it would be troublesome if he just ran to Gambling house and started killing. More people will know about it and it would attract a lot of attention so it was better to deal with the laymen before fighting the boss.

" No, he is at his own residence" replied Wu Ji to the point.

" Good we will first visit him," said Bai Jie. He waved his hand and a cloak appeared in his hand. Bai Jie dawned the cloak hiding his real appearance.

" Boss what do you want to do," Wu Ji asked, he didn't dare to look towards this young man anymore.

" We are going on a hunt, to absorb evilness " Bai Jie laughed cheekily. The atmosphere suddenly felt colder all of a sudden.

Wu Ji could see those red shiny eyes which were even more highlighted due to the cloak of the young man. They were like two red flames dancing in the mid-air.

The night was dark while a half-moon was shining in the sky. But the moon looked much bigger than the earth with a blue hue to it.

But Wu Ji felt he could see a reflection of rivers of blood flowing through the streets on the moon and this was the calmness before the storm. He felt the moon reeked the color of blood tonight.

" The night is young little Ji. '' Wu Ji heard the raspy coming from the young man which was completely different. It was like more than two or three people speaking at the same time. It felt very terrifying like an evil spirit speaking.

Bai Jie was using static charge to emit a modulated voice that he revealed in front of Han Bing and Su Ling he wanted to create a whole new identity from this misunderstanding. It would be a great help to him.